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About the Book

The book addresses a series of key aspects of contemporary anti-doping policy. At the broader philosophical level, questions are asked about whether the scale of anti-doping activity and the intrusiveness of anti-doping policy in the lives of athletes is proportionate to the problem of doping. Aspects of existing anti-doping practice are also explored at the level of transnational organisations such as the EU and WADA and also at the level of the personal choices that need to be made by athletes and doctors in relation to doping control. Other contributions examine the complex issue of assessing the extent of doping and also understanding the factors that motivate athletes to use performance-enhancing drugs. The analyses provided by academic contributors are complemented by three contributions, from the World Anti-Doping Agency, UK Anti-Doping and the International Tennis Federation, which provide insights into the strategies designed to reduce the prevalence of doping in sport and the management of anti-doping processes.

This book was published as a special issue of the International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics.

Table of Contents

Editorial 1. Elite sportspersons and commodity control: anti-doping as quality assurance 2. Doping, European law and the implications of Meca-Medina 3. One step too far – about WADA’s whereabouts rule 4. On the duty of the doctor not to disclose athlete doping data without consent 5. A qualitative analysis of the experiences of elite athletes who have admitted to doping for performance enhancement 6. The 36th meeting of the Pay and Conditions Committee of the Union of Philosophers, Sages and Other Luminaries (UK University Branch) OR Doping and proportionality 7. Impact of multidisciplinary research on advancing anti-doping efforts 8. The role of UK Anti-Doping in the fight against doping in sport 9. The role of anti-doping education in delivering WADA’s mission 10. Good governance and anti-doping policy: an international federation view

About the Editors

Barrie Houlihan is Professor of Sport Policy at Loughborough University, Visiting Professor at the Norwegian School of Sport Sciences and editor of the International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics.

Mike McNamee is Professor of Applied Ethics at Swansea University and is editor of the journal Sport, Ethics and Philosophy.